Leftovers may not be a sexy proposition for many. Gone are the days of eating a roast dinner on Sunday and then eating stew made from the leftover cuts all of the next week. But the fact is that dishes made from leftovers can be the tastiest and most exciting aspects of all cuisines… Food
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Have you ever wondered why you are only meant to add stock by the ladleful when making risotto ? Why not just add it all at once and let it boil down like most other rice cooking methods? Well the answer has to do with achieving a perfectly creamy consistency. Making a good risotto is
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Hey hey it’s summer time and you know what that means? Barbeques! Lots of barbeques! But along with barbeques comes overcooked, dry and burned meat. In fact this is a common problem with stove-top cooking as well… Keeping Meat Juicy When it comes to keeping your meat juicy and tender there really are only two
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In the annals of history pies were originally invented to act as cases for warm food that could be taken on long journeys or as edible and inedible ‘lunchboxes’ for last night’s dinner leftovers – yes medieval pie crusts were completely inedible! No wonder they were obsessed with the devil in this age, for an
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What do coffee and Jacques Cousteau have in common? The obvious answer may be conservation, but it is actually a boat. Or to be precise an old Jacques Cousteau ship that is now a high seas coffee roastery and Golden Bay cafe serving up some of the finest coffee this side of the (Abel) Tasman.
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Fad? Fashion feasting for the free spirited flower child? Over-hyped healthy haute cuisine for high street hipsters? Raw food is certainly a growing trend and as such trend setters are casting aside their stove tops all across the countryside. But is it here to stay? Is raw food cool for a reason? Before you throw
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